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diff --git a/Doc/lib/libdl.tex b/Doc/lib/libdl.tex index 358f083..3da4db2 100644 --- a/Doc/lib/libdl.tex +++ b/Doc/lib/libdl.tex @@ -10,6 +10,10 @@ The \module{dl} module defines an interface to the \UNIX{} platforms for handling dynamically linked libraries. It allows the program to call arbitrary functions in such a library. +\warning{The \module{dl} module bypasses the Python type system and +error handling. If used incorrectly it may cause segmentation faults, +crashes or other incorrect behaviour.} + \note{This module will not work unless \code{sizeof(int) == sizeof(long) == sizeof(char *)} If this is not the case, \exception{SystemError} will be raised on |